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My Enemy’s Cherry Tree
Wang Ting-Kuo
‘And the truth is, my heart was tied in knots, and pain bored into the marrow of my bones when I heard about his illness.’
My Heart
Semezdin Mehmedinović
‘Today, it seems, was the day I was meant to die.’ Translated from the Bosnian by Celia Hawkesworth.
My Work
Olga Ravn
‘When they placed the child on Anna’s breast after the birth, she felt nothing.’
Fiction by Olga Ravn, translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell.
Nobody Knows What They’re Doing
Camila Fabbri
‘In that instant my sisters were two animals about to work some shit out.’
Fiction by Camila Fabbri, translated by Jennifer Croft.
Nocturne
Yūshō Takiguchi
Jesse Kirkwood’s translation of ‘Nocturne’ by Yūshō Takiguchi is the winner of the 2020 Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize.
North Winds Blow the Leaves From the Trees
Yu Miri
‘I liked her quiet regard, the way it gave me a sense of loneliness.’
Not the Foggiest Notion
Jung Young Moon
‘It didn’t matter to me what we would be doing or where. It didn’t matter to me in the least.’ Jung Young Moon, translated from the Korean by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton.
Objects in Mirror
Maxim Osipov
‘He runs through the events of the day in his mind. Fairly frightening, really: the sudden request for his file, the question about the government. And the silence.’
Ode to Cristina Morales
Cristina Morales
‘She who says knockout, who says tap-out, speaks the words of glory.’
Fiction by Cristina Morales, translated by Kevin Gerry Dunn.
Of Roses and Insects
Chloé Savoie-Bernard
‘The insects dissect the layers of my father’s life, our lives and my mother’s life that have collected in this sad house.’ Translated from the French by Neil Smith.
Office of Lost Moments
Antonio Muñoz Molina
‘I walk, or I ride the subway. All my worries and obsessions are dissolved in ceaseless observation.’ Translated from the Spanish by Guillermo Bleichmar.
Oldladyvoice
Elisa Victoria
‘I hope I never have to miss a playdate for catechism.’
An excerpt from Oldladyvoice, translated from the Spanish by Charlotte Whittle.
